You know, if you've got nine people that you've got to get a treat for - because you do have sweet food, even if you're poor - you can't go out and buy a Sara Lee cake. You buy the big bag of cookies, those chocolate and vanilla ones with the icing. That has a lot of trans fat in it, but it goes a long way with a lot of people.

I grew up with this kind of grocery store that caters to the poor. They serve you the worst food.

My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flowers, or bridges.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.

That's why it's important to be multilingual, because it teaches you so much about your own language.

The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.